Jo Ramsdale is our Yorkshire Tea Community Cricket Award winner for July and we caught up to talk about her coaching in clubs and schools. She wins a trophy and 1,500 Yorkshire Gold teabags to ensure everyone has a brew in her team or at her cricket sessions. We all find our own path to […]
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Ruben’s Cooking: Cricket teas and YouTube at seven
The Ferris family are discussing mac and cheese. Sam is captain of Scholes & Harley 2nd XI while his partner Steph does the teas with Ruben, their seven-year-old son who has his own cooking channel on YouTube. Here at Cricket Yorkshire HQ, we decided, along with Yorkshire Tea, to add an award to our cricket […]
Johnny Barnett: Coaching & community at Stainland CC
Johnny Barnett is the winner of June’s Yorkshire Tea Community Cricket Award and we had a natter by phone to talk about his journey in the game. Volunteering at Stainland Cricket Club began in 2021 with Johnny coaching the juniors while he has since turned his efforts to supporting the women and girls’ teams too. […]
Cricket Yorkshire Teas of the Year 2025: Winners
The Cricket Yorkshire Teas of the Year 2025 competition had a fantastic response from those in the recreational game. It is sponsored by Yorkshire Tea who have supported this recognition of volunteers and cricket teas from the very beginning with trophies, prizes and lots of tea. With more entries than last year, plenty of clubs […]
Sun-splashed Chance to Compete Yorkshire Finals at Ampleforth
The Chance to Compete Yorkshire finals took place at Ampleforth College over two-sun-soaked days recently. Here’s a snapshot of the girls schools cricket extravaganza, with our website partner Yorkshire Tea, who are a long-term supporter of Chance to Shine. National competitions for secondary state school children are run across the year, both indoors and outside, […]
Bowling Old Lane: Disability champions and Curry Club
Bowling Old Lane Cricket Club is full of surprises – and that won’t be the last time I think that on my visit to BD5. Situated off Birch Lane, the Bradford Premier League outfit have a story to tell beyond the long history of this proud community club who joined the league in 1915 and […]
Podcast: Juniors & Rockets at Otley Cricket Club
Claire Bassindale was Highly Commended in May’s Yorkshire Tea Community Cricket Awards and I caught up with Claire to learn how she got involved and the successes since at Otley CC. Her award nomination for last month read: ‘Without Claire being such a huge part of our cricket club and volunteering every day/night, I can […]
Chance to Shine Street Yorkshire Finals: Tapeball and transformation
On the walk to Bradford Park Avenue’s all-weather cricket dome for the Chance to Shine Street regional finals, I was grateful for the guarantee of play. As the rain hammered down on my newly-christened Tunnock’s Teacake umbrella, it’s rare to know you’ll definitely get a game with a grim forecast amid a lively wind. Invited […]
Enter our Yorkshire Tea Community Cricket Awards
Together with Yorkshire Tea, we’re excited to launch the Yorkshire Tea Community Cricket Awards for 2025. These new monthly awards (five trophies in total from May to September) will be our way to recognise the contributions from those right across Yorkshire recreational cricket. 🏆 How to enter Each month, nominations will be invited for anyone […]
Enter your club for Cricket Yorkshire Teas of the Year
***This competition is now closed and the 2025 cricket teas winners have been announced here*** For years now, thanks to the support of Yorkshire Tea, we have championed club cricket teas in Yorkshire – and our awards are back for 2025! The winners of the previous competitions have been Pannal (2024), Stainland (2023) and Ripon […]